• During his governorship, Calcutta was captured by Siraj-ul-Daula in the third Carnatic War.
• The Black Hole tragedy on 20th June, 1756 in which 123 Englishmen died and which was one of the causes of the Battle of Plassey of 1757 took place.
• Calcutta was recaptured by Clive.
Robert Clive (1758 - 60)
• Battle of Bedara in 1759, Dutch were defeated by the East India Company. • During this Governorship Clive did not do anything significant apart from collecting wealth from the victorious wars.
Henry Vansittart (1760 - 65)
• Mir Jafar was replaced by Mir Qasim as the Nawab of Bengal in 1760.
• However, Mir Jafar was again reinstated.
• The Battle of Buxar was fought in 1764.
• Death of Mir Jafar and succession of his son Najmud-daula.
• The Treaty of Allahabad was concluded on 20 February, 1765 according to which the administration was left in the hands of a deputy Subedar who was to be a British nominee.
Robert Clive (1765 - 67) second term
• The Company got Diwani rights in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
• Started Dual Government in Bengal in 1765.
• He forbade the servants of the company from indulging in private trade and made payment of internal duties obligatory.
• Established Society of Trade in 1765 with monopoly of trade in salt, betelnut and tobacco. This was abolished in 1767
Harry Verclst, 1767-69 and John Cartier (1769-72)
•Had uneventful ternures as Covernors of Calcutta with nothing much of grave historical significance occurring during their time.
Warren Hastings (1772 -73)
• Put an end to the Dual System of government in 1772 which was started by Clive
• He signed the treaty of Benaras in 1773 with Nawab Shujaud-daula of Awadh.
• Nawab was returned Allahabad and Kara in lieu of 50 lakhs rupees. • Quinquennial settlement of land revenue in 1772 farming out lands to the highest bidder which was later reversed.
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